The Eastern Conference leading team Cleveland Cavaliers continued their dominance in the East, when they beat the conference current eighth best team Chicago Bull 106-95 at the Quicken Loans Arena on Thursday night.

The Cavaliers' all-time scoring leader LeBron James dropped 25 points - a rebound and an assist short of a triple-double night - as he led Cleveland to their 23^rd victory at home this season.

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Kevin Love, who was rumored to be traded, finished the evening with a double-double game performance of 15 points and 15 rebounds to go along with 2 assists and 1 block shot in 29.31 minutes of playing time.

Kyrie Irving added 19 points, 4 assists and 2 steals, while Tristan Thompson chipped in 16 points, 10 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 shot blocks for the Cavs, who recently traded the popular Brazilian Anderson Varejao to the Portland Trail Blazer.

Varejao was the Cavs' superstar teammate for eight seasons and LeBron will deeply miss the Brazilian national, who had spent 12 seasons with the 2015 Eastern Conference champion squad.

"That's the worst part of the business right there," the twelve-time NBA All-Star said. "When you lose a brother, lose a teammate, that's the worst part about it."

Cleveland has recently acquired the forward Channing Frye from the Orlando Magic in a three-team trade in hopes of bolstering the team's roster even better as they eye the NBA championship.

Frye, 32, who was the 2005 NBA draft 8^th overall pick, is currently averaging 5.2 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.0 assist in 17.1 minutes a game. He is a nine-year NBA veteran and has played 44 games with Orlando this season.

Derrick Rose, who was the 2011 NBA Most Valuable Player, scored a game-high 28 points to lead the Bulls, while the 2006 FIBA World Cup MVP Pau Gasol and Bobby Portis contributed 14 points and 13 points respectively.

Chicago is currently without Jimmy Butler, Nikola Mirotic and Joakim Noah.

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